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Heading to Boulder, Colorado for the summer.
Working with NOAA has provided me with a great opportunity. I'll be working with folks from the NOAA Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) and the Office of Atmospheric Research (OAR). The project is building a nationwide research network for NOAA. The network will connect valuable resources such as super-computers and the NOAA Archive Systems.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Brainard Lake (10,300ft)
















This is a lake up in the mountains at 10,300ft. The mountains in the background are at about 13,700 ft.





Nederland Car Show











Just a couple of cars from a car show up in the mountains. Nederland is a old hippie town.




Monday, July 5, 2010

Lake Powell - Drive Home


Lake Powell




Lake Powell





Arches NP



Arches NP




Arches National Park - Utah
















Back in Boulder after a great weekend out in Utah.

I went through the Arches National Park on the way to Lake Powell.

It was great. I only got to drive through about half of the park.


The people that designed the access road getting from the Visitors Center into the park are the same ones that came up with the idea of putting tourists on near sighted suicidal donkeys going into the Grand Canyon. My steering wheel has some permanent finger marks in them now thanks to some of the extreme dropoffs and hillside travels during the trip.


This is part one of the Arches National Park.





Thursday, July 1, 2010

Bike ride on Peak-To-Peak Highway
















Finally got a chance to load up some pictures from one of my rides on the Peak-to-Peak highway that runs up to Estes Park. Not too bad, except for the dropoffs and no guardrails. I still have some sections to ride, but it's been great going from Boulder (5500 ft) up to 10,000 feet. The creeks are running high because of all the snow melting. It's great!